mino

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mino"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 蓑 (mino).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnəʊ/, /ˈmiːnəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnoʊ/, /ˈmiːnəʊ/
• Homophone: minnow

Noun

mino (plural mino)

1. (historical) A traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw.

Etymology 2

Presumably originally a hypercorrection of myna under the assumption that it had been subjected to the reduction of unstressed final /əʊ///oʊ/ common in nonstandard English varieties (compare fella, winda; in thorough and (-)borough such reduction is standard as these words are often unstressed).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪnəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪnoʊ/

Noun

mino (plural minos)

1. Archaic form of myna (“type of bird”).
   • c. 1877–1879, C[harles]. W[illiam]. Gedney, Foreign cage birds, volume 2, →OCLC, page 195:

     He is a native of East India and its adjacent islands, but the high estimation in which the Mino is held amongst the natives, and the ready sale which promising specimens realise (the equivalent of £2 being often paid in India) render it difficult to obtain a really good bird in England except at an extravagant price.

Derived terms

• mino bird

Anagrams

• Moni, omni, omni-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈmi.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmi.no]

Verb

mino

1. first-person singular present indicative of minar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmino/ [ˈmi.n̪o]
• Hyphenation: mi‧no

Noun

mino

1. (folklore) a magic spell cast, by a supernatural being, to confuse, disorient or make people lose their way

Verb

mino

1. (folklore) to disorient; to become lost

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

English minebor.

French minièrebor.

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mēy(H)-

Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis

Proto-Celtic *meinis

Gaulish *meinabor.

Vulgar Latin *mina

French minebor.

German Minebor.

Italian mina

Italian -iera

Italian minierabor.

Esperanto mino

Borrowed from English mine, French minière, German Mine, and Italian miniera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmino/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: mi‧no

Noun

mino (accusative singular minon, plural minoj, accusative plural minojn)

1. mine (place where ores or minerals are mined)

   Synonym: minejo

2. (military) mine (passage packed with explosives)
3. (military) mine (exploding device)

Further reading

• “mino”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “mino”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Faliscan

Etymology

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Cognate with Latin minor.

Adjective

mino (feminine mino)

1. smaller
2. younger

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

mino m (plural minos)

1. alternative spelling of minot (“kid”)

Italian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.no/

Verb

mino

1. first-person singular present indicative of minare

Anagrams

• -nimo, nimo, nomi

Javanese

Noun

mino

1. nonstandard spelling of mina

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Italic *menā

Proto-Italic *(eks)menāder.

Latin minae

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin minor

Latin minō

Collateral form of minor (“to threaten; to goad”). Attested in verb sense 1 in the works of 2nd-century Numidian Latin-language writer, rhetorician and philosopher Apuleius; verb sense 2 is found in numerous later works.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪ.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.no]
• Hyphenation: mi‧nō

Verb

minō (present infinitive mināre, perfect active mināvī, supine minātum); first conjugation

2. to drive or goad (animals)
4. (Late Latin) to drive or lead (people)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of minō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	minō		minās		minat		mināmus		minātis		minant
	imperfect	minābam		minābās		minābat		minābāmus		minābātis		minābant
	future	minābō		minābis		minābit		minābimus		minābitis		minābunt
	perfect	mināvī		mināvistī		mināvit		mināvimus		mināvistis		mināvērunt, mināvēre
	pluperfect	mināveram		mināverās		mināverat		mināverāmus		mināverātis		mināverant
	future perfect	mināverō		mināveris		mināverit		mināverimus		mināveritis		mināverint
passive	present	minor		mināris, mināre		minātur		mināmur		mināminī		minantur
	imperfect	minābar		minābāris, minābāre		minābātur		minābāmur		minābāminī		minābantur
	future	minābor		mināberis, minābere		minābitur		minābimur		minābiminī		minābuntur
	perfect	minātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	minātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	minātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	minem		minēs		minet		minēmus		minētis		minent
	imperfect	minārem		minārēs		mināret		minārēmus		minārētis		minārent
	perfect	mināverim		mināverīs		mināverit		mināverīmus		mināverītis		mināverint
	pluperfect	mināvissem		mināvissēs		mināvisset		mināvissēmus		mināvissētis		mināvissent
passive	present	miner		minēris, minēre		minētur		minēmur		minēminī		minentur
	imperfect	minārer		minārēris, minārēre		minārētur		minārēmur		minārēminī		minārentur
	perfect	minātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	minātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		minā		—		—		mināte		—
	future	—		minātō		minātō		—		minātōte		minantō
passive	present	—		mināre		—		—		mināminī		—
	future	—		minātor		minātor		—		—		minantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		mināre			minārī			mināns			—
future		minātūrum esse			minātum īrī			minātūrus			minandus
perfect		mināvisse			minātum esse			—			minātus
future perfect		—			minātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		minātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		minandī		minandō		minandum		minandō		minātum		minātū

Derived terms

• amoenus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: min, minari
  • Romanian: mâna, mânare
• Dalmatian:
  • menur
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: menare
  • Neapolitan: menà
  • Sicilian: minari
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: menâ
  • Ladin: mener
  • Piedmontese: mnè, magnè
  • Romansh: mner
  • Venetan: menar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: menar
  • Old French: mener
    • Bourguignon: moiner
    • Middle French: mener
      • French: mener
    • Norman: (Jersey) m'ner, mener
    • Picard: mner
    • → German: mennen
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: menar
  • Occitan: menar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: aminar, amenar
  • Spanish: menar

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mēy(H)-

Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis

Proto-Celtic *meinis

Gaulish *mēnābor.

Latin mīna

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin mīnō

From mīna f (“ore; mine”) +‎ -ō (denominative verb suffix), from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore; mine”).

Alternative forms

• mīneō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.no]
• Hyphenation: mī‧nō

Verb

mīnō (present infinitive mīnāre, perfect active mīnāvī, supine mīnātum); first conjugation (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

2. to mine
4. to sap; to undermine

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mīnō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mīnō		mīnās		mīnat		mīnāmus		mīnātis		mīnant
	imperfect	mīnābam		mīnābās		mīnābat		mīnābāmus		mīnābātis		mīnābant
	future	mīnābō		mīnābis		mīnābit		mīnābimus		mīnābitis		mīnābunt
	perfect	mīnāvī		mīnāvistī		mīnāvit		mīnāvimus		mīnāvistis		mīnāvērunt, mīnāvēre
	pluperfect	mīnāveram		mīnāverās		mīnāverat		mīnāverāmus		mīnāverātis		mīnāverant
	future perfect	mīnāverō		mīnāveris		mīnāverit		mīnāverimus		mīnāveritis		mīnāverint
passive	present	mīnor		mīnāris, mīnāre		mīnātur		mīnāmur		mīnāminī		mīnantur
	imperfect	mīnābar		mīnābāris, mīnābāre		mīnābātur		mīnābāmur		mīnābāminī		mīnābantur
	future	mīnābor		mīnāberis, mīnābere		mīnābitur		mīnābimur		mīnābiminī		mīnābuntur
	perfect	mīnātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mīnātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mīnātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mīnem		mīnēs		mīnet		mīnēmus		mīnētis		mīnent
	imperfect	mīnārem		mīnārēs		mīnāret		mīnārēmus		mīnārētis		mīnārent
	perfect	mīnāverim		mīnāverīs		mīnāverit		mīnāverīmus		mīnāverītis		mīnāverint
	pluperfect	mīnāvissem		mīnāvissēs		mīnāvisset		mīnāvissēmus		mīnāvissētis		mīnāvissent
passive	present	mīner		mīnēris, mīnēre		mīnētur		mīnēmur		mīnēminī		mīnentur
	imperfect	mīnārer		mīnārēris, mīnārēre		mīnārētur		mīnārēmur		mīnārēminī		mīnārentur
	perfect	mīnātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mīnātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		mīnā		—		—		mīnāte		—
	future	—		mīnātō		mīnātō		—		mīnātōte		mīnantō
passive	present	—		mīnāre		—		—		mīnāminī		—
	future	—		mīnātor		mīnātor		—		—		mīnantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		mīnāre			mīnārī			mīnāns			—
future		mīnātūrum esse			mīnātum īrī			mīnātūrus			mīnandus
perfect		mīnāvisse			mīnātum esse			—			mīnātus
future perfect		—			mīnātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		mīnātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		mīnandī		mīnandō		mīnandum		mīnandō		mīnātum		mīnātū

Further reading

• “mĭno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mino in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 930–931
• DMLBS:

  R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “minare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

  R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “minere”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

• “mĭno”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 979, columns 1–2.
• Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “minō”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands‎^[3], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Latino-Sinicum [ = 放畜牲, 恐嚇／恐吓 (kǒnghè)], in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• "MINO", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “minare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 682
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to use threats: minas iacere, iactare
    

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mínu, neuter dative singular of mínn.

Determiner

mino

1. (dialectal) neuter dative singular of min

References

• “min”, in Norsk Ordbok: Ordbok over det Norske Folkemålet og det Nynorske Skriftmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -inɔ
• Syllabification: mi‧no

Noun

mino f

1. vocative singular of mina

Portuguese

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nu/

Verb

mino

1. first-person singular present indicative of minar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmino/ [ˈmi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: mi‧no

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mēy(H)-

Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis

Proto-Celtic *meinis

Gaulish *meinabor.

Vulgar Latin *mina

French minebor.

Spanish mina

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -a

Spanish mino

From mina + -a. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

mino m (plural minos, feminine mina, feminine plural minas)

1. (Rioplatense) man, especially an attractive one
2. (Chile) boy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mino

1. first-person singular present indicative of minar

Further reading

• “mino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tumbuka

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjínò.

Noun

mino class 6

1. plural of jino